A low credit score can really cause you a lot of problems in life. When you go to try to buy the things you want, such as a house or car, you find that you either have to pay extremely high APR’s (what the bank chargers you to borrow money from them) or even worse, you’re not allowed to buy the house or car at all!

Fortunately, repairing your credit is easy, and doesn’t have to take years. You can quickly and easily raise your score by up to 200 points in as little as 90 days in just 3 easy steps.

Step #1
Find out EXACTLY where you’re at by getting a copy of all three of your credit reports at annualcreditreport.com. You have to check all three (Experian, Equifax, and Transunion) because one report may have something bad on there, that the other two don’t have.

Verify that all of your personal information is correct. Remove any misspellings of your name, any old addresses, any old jobs, any information that isn’t current, and spelled correctly, remove it.

Step #2
Look at the negative items on your report. Look for anything wrong: i.e. a misspelled name, a wrong address, an old address that you successfully removed in step 1, etc. Any incorrect information is a reason for an item to be challenged.

When you find an incorrect item, challenge it. While this can be done online, it’s recommended that you challenge by mail. A well written letter has a much higher success rate than an online or even an over-the-phone challenge. And they work about 15 days faster too. You can find sample challenge letters all over the internet, or you can goto the website mentioned below.

Step #3
Reduce all of your current credit cards to no more than 30% of their limits. If the limit on one card is $1000, then make sure that your balance is no higher than $300. If you have more than one card, and one card is near it’s max, and another isn’t, transfer the balance to the card that hasn’t been used as much.

If you have no credit cards, you should look into some secure credit cards. Start early in the process. Remember there are TWO sides to raising your score: removing negative items from your reports AND adding positive items to your report.

Follow these simple steps and you can boost your credit score up dramatically and quickly. A lot of people though require more hand holding. A lot of people want more detailed instructions. Frankly, credit repair can be kind of scary, and you these instructions may not be detailed enough. Or you may not know how to write a challenge letter that will get bad items removed from your report. If you need more help, you can find it at http://mpruv.com/credit/fast-credit-report-repair/

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Posted by kingdom on Friday, March 21st, 2008 at 2:40 am.